Evaluation of credit rating agencies and its influence on states and corporations

The bacholer thesis is focused on understanding the rating agencies and the effects they create the ratings on the rated Entities. Specifically, the sovereign states. Funding for the debt in recent years in both public and private finances are increasingly common. Investors make decisions about their investments based on information about the solvency of the debtor. Since rating agencies that assess the creditworthiness are very powerful entity in the financial market. In the thesis I will use historical statistical data to try to uncover the possibility of failure of rating agencies and to determine, how they are influencing entities, especialy sovereign states through sovereign ratings